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16898259

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of a 51-year-old man presenting with rapidly progressive unilateral tinnitus, hearing loss and imbalance. Neuroimaging revealed bilateral VIIIth cranial nerve masses and multiple cerebral and spinal cord lesions that were interpreted as being acoustic schwannomas and multiple meningeomas. An initial tentative diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) was made. Both clinical and radiological evolution were atypical for NF2 and the initial diagnosis of NF2 was questioned. Additional technical investigations demonstrated a pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Postmortem examination confirmed that this patient had multiple central nervous system metastases of a primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma, presenting clinically and neuroradiologically as a probable neurofibromatosis type 2. Clinicians should be aware of the rare possibility of central nervous system metastases mimicking NF2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0300-9009
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Central nervous system metastases of pulmonary adenocarcinoma mimicking neurofibromatosis type 2.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Middelheim Hospital, ZNA, Antwerp, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports